Melinda Appleby

26 Oct Tree Sparrows

Posted at 10:22h in Journal by Melinda Appleby

October is a time of anticipation – watching and listening for autumn migrants. But nothing prepared us for the arrival of two Tree Sparrows.

24 Aug Creating Landscape Magic

Posted at 19:51h in Journal by Melinda Appleby

River valleys are landscapes of reflection and journeying. But they have a whole new dimension when artists take inspiration from their shape and flow.

22 Aug Seeking Deakin

Posted at 19:41h in Journal by Melinda Appleby

A lane hung with trees, a fallen oak sheltering a wasps’ nest, a walnut tree hiding in the hedge, hornets clinging to oak bark in the wood, this is an unremarkable landscape.

01 Jul In Praise of the Dark

Posted at 14:09h in Journal by Melinda Appleby

The June solstice is behind us and the sun begins its slow withdrawal towards winter. The owls call again, reclaiming their hold on the dark. But it is never quite dark.

20 Apr Chiffchaff Choices

Posted at 09:11h in Journal by Melinda Appleby

The Chiffchaffs started calling at Easter, their two tone note tossed out into the March winds from the top of the ash trees.

07 Mar The Hungry Gap

Posted at 21:01h in Journal by Melinda Appleby

The yellowhammers are here again. One arrives most mornings around 6.30 but during the day numbers build up and fourteen have been here eating seed that we broadcast for them.